Candlestick



Dec. 7, 1954 D. PERNlcl w 2,696,097

CANDLESTICK Filed May 1, 1951 l N VENT OR oMfw/co PER/v/c/ www M @MATTORNEYS United States Patent C CANDLESTICK Domenico Pernici, AlzanoLombardo, Italy Application May 1, 1951, Serial No. 223,888

2 Claims. (Cl 67-23) The present invention relates to a candlestick fordouble use, that -is to say, adapted to be used as a m-ark for a placeor seat, as well as a candlestick for fancy-cakes.

So far, a large number of types of Candlesticks for small candles havebeen proposed, which however are exclusively adapted for either one orthe other purpose, that is to say, either to be employed as anornamental means for indicating the place of a guest, or as acharacteristic means representative of the number of years of age of theperson whose birthday is celebrated, by an equal number of small candleson a fancycake.

it is the main object of the present invention to provide a candestickapt to be employed for both those uses.

Both purposes are attained with the candlestick according to the presentinvention, which is essentially characterized by the fact it isconstituted by two bodies that can becombined with each other, and ofwhich one constitutes the cup supporting the candle and the other thestandard on which said cup can be mounted, said standard being shaped insuch a manner that it can be utilized for using the candlestick as aplace-mark as well as for using it with transformed mount with a fancycake In order to attain the purposes specified hereinbefore, accordingto the novel principle as stated, the standard carrying the candle-cupis constituted by a body shaped as a pedestal, which has two tanks,oneat each end, that are adapted respectively to permit to it the cupfor carrying the candle, said cup being provided with a correspondingcavity.

ln order to allow for using the candlestick as a place- .mark, thepedestal is provided with a cavity of such a depth as to contain a tangdesigned to receive the cup for carrying the candle and as .to preventsaid tang from touching the plane or surface on which the said standardis placed.

In order to make the Candlestick like a common candlestick inappearance, the standard designed to be used as an upright onto whichthe cup for carrying the candle 4is to be mounted if using thecandlestick as a placemark, is provided suiiciently high above the planeof said pedestal.

The invention will now be described more in detail with reference to oneembodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 represents on a scale near to natural size the candlestickmounted and apt to act as a place-mark;

Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 shows the stage of dismantling the two bodies 2,696,097 PatentedDec. 7, 1954 forming the candlestick prior to employing the latter forfancy-cakes; and

Fig. 4 represents a candlestick mounted for use with fancy-cakes.

With reference to `the accompanying drawing, with 1 is indicated thestand-ard and with 2 the cup for carrying the candle 3, which pieces areapt to be combined with each other. To this end the standard 1 isconstituted by a pedestal 4 of convex shape, from which :rises a stem 5on the tip of which can be litted the terminal portion 7 of the smallcup 2 provided with a cavity of suit-able shape to iit the two parts toeach other.

In this way the candlestick is ready for use as a placemark.

In order that the candlestick may be employed also for fancy-cakes, thepedestal 4 is provided inside with a short tang S the length of which iscomprised in the height provided by the oonvexity of said pedestal, orbetter to say by the space between its top and the plane 9, on which thepedestal rests, and which is represented with a dash-and-dotted line. Inthis Way, the projection 8 does not touch the supporting plane, so thatthe erect position of the candlestick is not impaired.

in order to employ the candlestick for fancy-cakes (Fig. 4), it sufficest-o detach the small cup 2 from the standard 5 and fit it over the tip8, which members therefore assume the position indicated in Fig. 4,where they are indicated with the same reference numerals, but withapices. In said Fig. 4, 4' indicates the pedestal, 5 the extension,which before supported the small cup, which extension however in thiscase serves as a means for sticking into the fancy-cake 1i); 8 is theshort tang onto which the small cup 2 is now tted.

As appears evident, the candlestick according to the present inventionoers considerable advantages over conventional types also from the pointof View of appearance, which is more appealing, as the two bodies may becombined in different col-ours and may be also of different material.

Of course, in practice, the dimensions, the materials employed, as wellas the shape of the pedestal may be varied without departing from thescope of protection of the patent.

What I claim is:

l. A candle holder comprising a standard having opposing conical ends,an integral flange `on the standard radially extending from the standardadjacent one end and extending axially of the standard toward said endand in spaced lradial relation thereto to encircle said end and a cupmember adapted to receive a candle and having a conical socket formedtherein to selectively receive one of the said ends ofthe standard.

2. The combination of claim l, wherein said end of the standard that isencircled by the flange terminates inwardly of the plane of theperiphery of said flange.

References @itcd in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 1,195,657 Chersky Aug. 22, 1916 1,450,429 Connor Apr. 3, 19232,406,777 Koretzky Sept. 3, 1946

